Etymology

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Today it means: joy Full definition →

Yiddish שׂמחה ← Hebrew שִׂמְחָה
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromשִׂמְחָה
  2. Yiddish · derived fromשׂמחה
  3. English todaysimcha

From Yiddish שׂמחה (simkhe), from Hebrew שִׂמְחָה (simkhá, literally “happiness”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.